Timing matters: remotely sensed vegetation greenness can predict insect vector migration and therefore outbreaks of curly top disease
Hyoseok Lee,
William M. Wintermantel,
John T. Trumble
et al.
Abstract:Due to climate change, outbreaks of insect-vectored plant viruses have become increasingly unpredictable. In-depth insights into region-level spatio-temporal dynamics of insect vector migration can be used to forecast plant virus outbreaks in agricultural landscapes; yet, it is often poorly understood. To explore this, we examined the incidence of beet curly top virus (BCTV) in 2,196 tomato fields from 2013 to 2022. In America, the beet leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus) is the exclusive vector of BCTV. We exami… Show more
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